Figuratively Speaking
Finding the Right Words
The Art of Persuasion
Just My (arche)Type!
Grammatically Correct!
100
This is a type of figurative language where two unlike things are compared without using "like" or "as"

A. metaphor
B. simile
C. antithesis
D. Venn diagram
What is A. metaphor?
100
Choose the correct vocabulary word for the sentence:

I can't believe that Josue had the _________________ to go bungee jumping without a helmet on!

A. temerity
B. jaundice
C. avarice
D. rancor
What is A. temerity?
100
These are the three voices/pillars of rhetoric:

A. pathos, ethos, locos
B. pathos, mentos, logos
C. ethos, logos, fritos
D. ethos, logos, pathos
What is D. ethos, logos, pathos?
100
Choose the best archetype:
Young girl who is kidnapped from her home and needs the hero to find and save her

A. temptress
B. damsel in distress
C. platonic ideal
D. earth mother
What is B. damsel in distress?
100
Choose the part of the sentence that is in error or choose CORRECT:

A. The Johnson family and Felicia
B. goes to the county fair
C. together every year.
D. correct
What is B. goes? It should read "go"
200
This is a type of figurative language when a character or event in a story is symbolic of a larger idea; sometimes, the symbolism has a religious undertone

A. epistrophe
B. personification
C. allegory
D. colloquialism
What is C. allegory?
200
Choose the correct vocabulary word for the sentence:

Shelley's little sister is so __________________ that she talks to everyone on the bus, even complete strangers.

A. officious
B. gregarious
C. strident
D. ostensible
What is B. gregarious?
200
Defined by the art of using language to convince and audience to think or feel a certain way

A. propaganda
B. rhetoric
C. ethos
D. persuasion
What is B. rhetoric?
200
Choose the best archetype:
Zeus, god of the sky versus Hades, ruler of the underworld

A. dark versus light
B. heaven versus hell
C. death and rebirth
D. water versus desert
What is B. heaven versus hell?
200
Choose the part of the sentence that is in error or choose CORRECT:

A. Alexandra should of applied to more than one
B. college; since she was denied,
C. now she has no where to go.
D. correct
What is A. Alexandra should of applied to more than one? It should read "should have"
300
This is a type of figurative language where a less-offensive term or phrases is used in place of a more crude term.

A. hyperbole
B. apostrophe
C. antithesis
D. euphemism
What is D. euphemism?
300
Choose the correct vocabulary word for the sentence:

The head principal said he would ______________ the referral of plagiarism from my school record if I wrote an apology letter to the teacher and my parents for copying my friend's homework.

A. extraneous
B. extradite
C. extol
D. expunge
What is D. expunge?
300
These are the five elements of rhetoric:

A. audience, context, situation, goal, voice
B. audience, goal, situation, emotion, voice
C. audience, voice, medium, context, goal
D. audience, medium, ethos, pathos, logos
What is C. audience, voice, medium, context, goal?
300
Choose the best archetype:
Friends of the hero who will go to any length to protect the hero, even if it means sacrificing their selves

A. hunting group of companions
B. loyal retainers
C. BFFs
D. sidekick
What is B. loyal retainers?
300
Choose the part of the sentence that is in error or choose CORRECT:

A. Michael is an amazing football player this year;
B. he scored at least one touchdown every game
C. and can deadlift the most weight.
D. correct
What is B. he scored at least one goal every game? It should read "he scores"--present tense, like the rest of the sentence.
400
This is a type of irony where the audience knows what is going to happen to characters in the story, but the characters don't know; can create suspense

A. consequential irony
B. verbal irony
C. dramatic irony
D. situational irony
What is C. dramatic irony?
400
Choose the correct vocabulary word for the sentence:

Senator Wade faced public _____________ when it was uncovered that he used campaign funds to go on lavish personal vacations.

A. credences
B. ignominy
C. irascible
D. nuances
What is B. ignominy?
400
A speaker using colloquialism in a speech to utilize the "plain folk" propaganda technique is attempting to establish this:

A. connections
B. logos
C. ethos
D. pathos
What is C. ethos?
400
Choose the best archetype:
Evil sorcerer who tempts the hero with an offer of immortality

A. creature of nightmare
B. evil figure with ultimately a good heart
C. devil figure
D. backstabber
What is C. devil figure?
400
Choose the part of the sentence that is in error or choose CORRECT:

A. Neither Trevon nor Jason are
B. planning on trying out for
C. soccer or rugby next year.
D. correct
What is A. Neither Trevon nor Jason are? It should read "Trevon nor Jason is" because "neither/nor" creates single subjects
500
This is a type of figurative language where a character is speaking to someone or something that is not present or able to respond

A. apostrophe
B. epistrophe
C. colloquial
D. euphemism
What is A. apostrophe?
500
Choose the correct vocabulary words for the sentence:

The boat captain tried not to ____________ too much information about why passengers needed to ______________ their luggage over the side of the boat in order to prevent the spread of mass _____________.

A. jettison, chaos, divulge
B. divulge, chaos, ignominy
C. divulge, jettison, chaos
D. chaos, ignominy, divulge
What is C. divulge, jettison, chaos?
500
In the State of the Union address, President Obama is utilizing these mediums to convey his message and inform his audience across America (write all letters that apply)

A. video
B. print
C. audio
D. speech
What are A. video, C. audio, and D. speech?
500
Choose the best archetype:
He-who-must-not-be-named cannot defeat Harry Potter, so he loses his power and must be embodied through followers who carry out tasks to attempt to bring about Harry's downfall

A. the initiation
B. death and rebirth
C. the quest for knowledge
D. the fall from grace
What is D. the fall from grace?
500
Choose the part of the sentence that is in error or choose CORRECT:

A. Even though I fight with my younger brother all of the time,
B. I will always stand up for him against a bully;
C. at the end of the day, we're still family.
D. correct
What is D. correct?
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